The Mi-ka-he or hair brush. A peculiar stiff grass, gathered in June was kept for the manufacture of these brushes (a few spears of this grass are sent with the brush)""The woman's Wa'-ku or awl, which was her needle. In the early times the sharp bone from the ankle of the deer served for this implement, but the aboriginal awl was quickly supplanted by the metal point furnished by the white trader"(La Flesche 1898:26)"A shell was a convenient receptacle for the mixed paint, Wi'-u-ga, compounded of water and different clays, roots and plants""A sharpened bit of bone was the Wi'-u-ga e'-bi-ka or paint brush""The Zhon-te-he' or wooden ladle was the spoon for serving the individual portions from the family pot"(La Flesche 1898:31).